The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Robert Heinlein
The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Robert Heinlein
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The Cat Who Walks through Walls

Author: Robert Heinlein

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2007

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Dr. Richard Ames is an exmilitary man, a sometime writer, and an unfortunate victim of mistaken identity. When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter human history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Simeon on June 02, 2009

What I learned from "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls": 1) If a government official refuses to speak with you, just threaten to walk out and he'll change his mind immediately. 2) A fez, not unlike Clark Kent's glasses, makes an impenetrable disguise. 3) Sexism will make a big comeback in the future. Inc......more

Goodreads review by Kori on August 15, 2008

This was my very first RAH book...the one that got me hooked. I thought it had a cool cover and was in the discount bin so I had just enough for it. I was 15. I couldn't put it down. Since then, I've read almost everything he has written and have loved every single one!......more

Goodreads review by Emily on May 05, 2011

WARNING: You must read Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," "The Rolling Stones," "Time Enough for Love," and "The Number of the Beast" before reading this book. It would also be helpful to have read "Stranger in a Strange Land," and "Friday." Familiarity with Baum's Oz stories and Edgar Rice......more

Goodreads review by Mei on March 16, 2013

When I bought this book a couple of weeks ago, I was with two friends, one of whom is a fairly decent sci-fi fan, and the other of whom is a completely nutty sci-fi fan. Both of them started lyricising about how wonderful this book was, how absolutely fantastic, how I definitely had to read it. And,......more

Goodreads review by Katy on January 10, 2009

This book starts out engagingly enough, with a mystery on a moon-orbiting space habitat. As can be expected from Heinlein, there is passing commentary on the governement of the habitat(all privately owned and controlled). When the action passes to the Moon we discover that this story is set in the s......more